Test carried out after dog attack
LONDON - Tests are being carried out to confirm the breed of dog which attacked and seriously injured a four-year-old boy in a street near Holywell, Flintshire (UK).
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According to the BBC, the boy remains in hospital having suffered injuries to his arm and torso. Police say the animal’s breed has not been established, but it was not banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
The boy’s father and an off-duty policeman who intervened were also treated in hospital, but have since been discharged. Police were called at 1920 BST on Tuesday after reports the boy had been attacked on the Tan y Felin estate in Greenfield.
An off-duty police officer, Pc Tony Jones, 38, witnessed the attack and ran to the boy’s aid. He was bitten by the animal -described by one witness as a Rhodesian Ridgeback called Bruno- and required hospital treatment. It was later destroyed by a vet.
A North Wales Police spokeswoman confirmed the dog was not banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act, but added: „We are looking at other aspects of the case.”
One neighbour who witnessed the attack said the little boy was walking along a pavement with a man -thought to be his father- when the dog came out of a house and pounced on the child. The witness, who did not want to be named, said a woman she believed was the dog’s owner jumped on top of the animal and tried to wrestle it off the small child. (RD)
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